Editing DeadAIM

{{refimprove|date=February 2018}}{{About|the software modification for AOL Instant Messenger|other uses|Dead Aim (disambiguation){{!}}Dead Aim}}
'''DeadAIM''' (originally De-Ad AIM) was a program created by James Dennis<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bass|first1=Steve|title=PC Annoyances: How to Fix the Most Annoying Things about Your Personal Computer|date=2004|publisher=O'Reilly Media, Inc.|isbn=0596005938|page=78|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6f-9thpH_PcC|accessdate=16 February 2018}}</ref> to add new features such as [[tab (GUI)|tabbed conversations]] (which ended up being available in standard AIM until its shutdown) and to disable the advertising in [[AOL Instant Messenger]] (AIM).<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Internet Utilities |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iuZCbvHk8J8C&dq=%22DeadAIM%22&pg=PA111 |magazine=PC Mag |date=June 17, 2003 |access-date=February 16, 2018}}</ref><ref name="tech_Show">{{Cite podcast |title=Techtalk |work=techtalk.stratford.edu |date=10 July 2004 |access-date=25 July 2020 |url= http://techtalk.stratford.edu/2004/07/10/show-of-7-10-2004/ |quote=go to 25:43 for DeadAIM discussion }}</ref> The last release of DeadAIM was version 4.5 in 2003. 

In mid-2003, the rights to DeadAIM were sold to [[America Online]] effectively ending the development of the program.

JDennis was able to modify the framework of AIM with the use of [[Application programming interface|API]] hooking. DeadAIM used an OCM file, similar to a [[Dynamic-link library|DLL]], to load into AIM. JDennis had benefited greatly by creating somewhat of a partnership with [[America Online|AOL]]. This allowed him to add several features more easily and also allowed him to create DeadAIMRegIn, an official AOL [[Internet bot|bot]], to confirm registration information and prevent [[Copyright infringement of software|software piracy.]]

==See also==
*[[AIM Ad Hack]]
*[[AIM+]]
*[[Comparison of instant messaging clients]]

==References==
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[[Category:AIM (software) clients]]
[[Category:Windows-only instant messaging clients]]